the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety;
"he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"
"he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"
"he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
双语例句
用作名词 (n.)
I work with monotony. 我工作很单调。
The radio relieves the monotony of everyday life. 收音机缓解了我们日常生活的单调状况。
But the days succeeded each other with despairing monotony. 一天一天就这样枯燥无味地过去了。
The sheer monotony of the job is exhausting. 工作单调乏味，让人干起来浑身没劲儿。
I hate the monotony of work on the assembly line. 我痛恨在单调无味的流水装配线上工作。
